Writing on the Wall: Wall Art & Grafitti in Brick Lane

Brick Lane is one of those hidden away gems which full of street of yummy aromas, cobbled streets and a variety of ethnicities and generations all mixed together in a cultural hotpot. And it’s also filled with extraordinary art, crammed on what feels like almost every nook and cranny, with all sorts of messages. On almost every doorway, available wall space, shop shutters and garage doors is a piece of wonderful art, and if there’s any blank space, well, that’s just canvas waiting for expression to be created.

The art in Brick Lane is sprawled everywhere, and it really is something that is worth seeing so that you can find nuggets to catch your eye that will delight you. The pictures below are just a fraction of what has been sprayed on there, there’s different styles of spray-paint art waiting to be discovered on every corner and a colourful world of 2D hidden away and brazenly out in the open.